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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 111-137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?
(a) The windows of skyscrapers.
(b) Lines of Midwestern geography.
(c) The grids of sudoku.
(d) His dreams.

2. According to Wallace, commercials make people watch more television because they want to understand the _______.
(a) Product.
(b) Concept.
(c) World.
(d) In-joke.

3. According to Wallace, how do commercials respond to the pressure for people to stop watching so much television?
(a) Commercials convince viewers they are smart.
(b) Commercials convince people they need more products.
(c) Commercials convince people television is reality.
(d) Commercials convince people they need television.

4. At Wallace's games, how do people respond to a tornado warning?
(a) They scatter.
(b) They ignore it.
(c) They gather together.
(d) They get in a ditch.

5. What does Wallace attribute his tennis success to?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Sun.
(c) Wind.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace observe about people dancing at a rock concert?

2. Why was Wallace fascinated by tornados?

3. Wallace's thesis is that irony and ridicule are simultaneously entertaining and _______.

4. What natural disaster does Jim Edgar discuss with the press?

5. What does Wallace believe about the dialogue in six hours worth of television?

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